Israeli Jets Down Two Egyptian Fighters Near Yad
Fighting flared along the Gaza front as Israel said two Egyptian Vampire jets were shot down over Israeli territory near Yad and that ground forces destroyed an Egyptian military headquarters. Both Egyptian pilots were killed in the dogfight, according to an Israeli army spokesman.
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Cairo
Egypt
Gaza
Mordechas
Gaza Strip
Israel
Khan Yunis
U.N
E. L. M. Burns
Burns
Peron Eyes Siege Move as Gaza Clashes Rise
Buenos Aires sources report President Peron plans to seek a state of siege for Buenos Aires to quell opposition violence, while warning that repression will match the violence. In Gaza, Egyptian and Israeli forces clash again with casualties and a UN cease-fire push ongoing. Chrysler UAW settlement ends walkouts, codes layoff pay, wage increases, and expanded benefits across the Big Three.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Peron
Congress
Senate
Plaza de Mayo
Kentucky Mines Hike Coal Prices
Major Kentucky coal producers announce a price increase of 25 to 50 cents per ton across eastern and western districts. The raise, tied to coal size and use, is intended to offset a recent $2 daily wage boost won by the United Mine Workers Union.
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Louisville
Kentucky
United Mine Workers Union
Road Test Ends With Crash In Atlanta
Mrs. Maude Pierce failed a road test for a driver's license yesterday in Atlanta. Her car crashed into a parked vehicle and a utility pole after she accelerated instead of braking, injuring the state patrolman conducting the test and leading to a traffic court summons for her.
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Atlanta
Maude Pierce
Pay-For-Murder Suspect Found Slain In Texas
Police found 49 year old Leroy Tracy Eggleston slain in a shallow well north of Fort Worth. The case ties to the William P. Clark murder of May 22 1953 and involves Mary Clark and mobster-informer Harry Huggins. Eggleston’s death follows a period of gangland violence linked to the Clark case.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Leroy
Tracy) Eggleston
Here
William P. Clark
Clark
Mary
Harry Huggins
Groundwork Laid For Progressive U.S. Pullout In Japan
AP report from Washington notes Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu’s three day talks with Secretary of State Dulles yield no fixed withdrawal date but outline a six year rearmament plan for Japan and a gradual reduction of U.S. forces. Discussions also touch on Japan’s future defense burden, financial sharing, and limited parole actions for a subset of war criminal inmates.
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Washington
Japan
Mamoru Shigemitsu
United States
New York
Tokyo
Shigemitsu
Dulles
U.S
Pacific
Nixon
Richard Nixon
Red China
Boy Hidden Safe After Two Day Frankfurt Search
A two day police search for 12 year old Norbert Hellforfer in Frankfurt ends when his father finds him under the boy's bed. Norbert says he hid to avoid school and fell asleep, waking too frightened to emerge.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Norbert Hellforfer
Norbert
Polio Week Total Tops 2,279 Cases in 1955 Year
Washington reports 2,279 new polio cases for the last week, the highest weekly total this year. The Public Health Service cites a 66 percent rise from the prior week, calling the increase seasonal and within expected seasonal patterns.
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Washington
Health Service
Ohio Sees Lower Polio Rates After Vaccination
Ohio health officials report 6 per 100000 polio cases among vaccinated children versus 19 per 100000 in unvaccinated children aged 5 to 9. Dr. Frederick Wentworth cautions the data are preliminary and the polio season may peak in September with final results by November.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Health Department
Frederick H. Wenworth
Division of
Wentworth
Autumn Weather Stays Cool Into Friday
Forecast calls for fair and cool conditions through Friday with a slight warmup Friday afternoon. Highs near 80s tomorrow and nights in the 60s. Wednesday’s high reached 82 with a 54 degree early low and a mostly clear sky for an almost-full moon view.
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Sol
Gunman Robs Hotel Under Cop's Noses
A gunman robbed the Hotel Belvedere of 2800 dollars yesterday while a wedding reception for Patrolman Joseph Kelly and his bride was held upstairs. Police were unaware of the holdup until later.
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New York
Belvedere
Joseph Kelly
Eisenhower acts to avert rail strike with emergency board
President Eisenhower created an emergency board under the railway labor act to study a dispute between Pennsylvania Railroad and 35,000 non operating employees. The move aims to delay any strike for at least 60 days while mediation continues. The CIO Transport Workers Union plans to strike over old grievances, risking Labor Day travel.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Pennsylvania Railroad
National Mediation Board
Enhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
CIO Transport Workers Union
TWU
Michael J. Quill
Pennsylvania
Mediation Board
Washington
New York
New Jersey
Ohio
Maryland
Delaware
Indiana
Kentucky
Missouri
Illinois
West Virginia
Michigan
District of Columbia
Seismograph Stolen From Golden Gate Park crypt
A stolen 80 pound seismograph valued at 5000 dollars has disappeared from an underground crypt in Golden Gate Park. The device records engineering data for potential earthquakes.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
Arafa Stands Firm Over Moroccan Throne Amid Reform Efforts
Sultan Moulay Arafa vows to retain his throne, complicating France's plan for a new Moroccan government. French backers consider a three-man regency while the vizier claims the sultan believes he has a divine mission to fulfill, risking embarrassment for Paris.
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Pierre Charlies Boyer de Latour
Morocco
Gilbert Grandval
Paris
Rabat
French Morocco
Sultan Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa
France
Moulay Arafa
Abder Rahman el Hajoui
Aix Les Baines
Caged Concert Delights Lions in Florence Cage
Italian baritone Gino Bechi performed a 12 minute concert inside a cage with five lions in Florence. Observers noted a tremolo at the start but the performance settled as the animals appeared puzzled. Bechi claimed the act won a bet that funded dinner for ten friends and declined encores.
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Florence
Italy
Gino Bechhi
Bechi
Ammunition Vanishes at Ravenna Arsenal
Army Ordnance probes report large quantities of small arms ammunition have vanished from Ravenna arsenal. The stock, allegedly smuggled past guards and destined for demolition, included shotgun and rifle shells. Worthington Co. sunk 1300 to have damaged ammo destroyed after a basement flood last January. Firestone runs the facility and offered no statement.
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Ravenna
Ohio
Army Ordnance
Ravenna Arsenal
Ravenna Windham
George Worthington Co
Cleveland
Arsenal
Norman F. Luekens
Worthington
Sells
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
Firestone
Ohio Crash Injures 19 in Canfield Collision
Nineteen people were injured when a peach picker truck and a car collided near Canfield Ohio. Three were seriously hurt including Ruth Edwards 26 and Willie Clark 15 of Youngstown and William Dehoff 18 Canfield the car driver. The truck carried 25 passengers and overturned into a ditch. Billie Lee Sauerwein 22 of Salem was the driver. Twenty-one others sustained minor injuries and were hospitalized in Youngstown.
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Canfield
Ohio
Here
Ruth Edwards
Willie Clark
Youngstown
William Dehoff
Billie Lee Sauerwein
Salem
Bendix plants halt as strike grips Baltimore facility
A labor strike at six Bendix radio plants in Baltimore stopped production of mostly electronic gear for the armed forces. Picketing began when the AFL International Association of Machinists contract expired after one year. Bendix says about 3,000 workers on non hourly wage scale were also affected. The company offered a three year pact with annual 6 cent raises, a seventh paid holiday and better vacation terms for longer service employees.
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Vaw
Chrysler
Ford
General Motors
Detroit
Michigan
Indiana
California
Delaware
Kansas
Georgia
UAW
Robert A. Conder
Chrysler-Uaw
American Motors
Studebaker
Studebaker-Packard C
South Ind
Studebaker Local 5
Joe
South Beng Studebakers
Moneys
Bendix Aviation Corp
Bendix
Baltimore
AFL International Assn
E. K. Foster
Red Cross trails flood relief goal in Northeast
The Red Cross reports it remains short of 2 percent of its 10 million dollar target for Northeast flood relief. Emergency contributions reached 7,481,926 dollars to date.
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New York
The
Red Cross
Northeast
Mississippi Abducted Boy Till Is Found Shot in River
The NAACP accuses white supremacy of murder after 15 year old Emmett Till's body is found in the Tallahatchie River near Money. Sheriff says Till was abducted from his uncle's home after alleged insults to a white woman and shot in the head. Suspects Roy Bryant and J W Milam face murder charges. Bryant admits taking Till but says he released him unharmed. Tuskegee Institute plans to study the deaths as possible lynchings, noting a historic drop in recorded lynchings nationwide.
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Greenwood, Miss
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Mississippi
Emmitt Louis Till
Chicago
Roy Bryant
J. W. Milam l
Glendora
George Smith
Leflore
Smith
Bryant
Till
Roy Wilkins
NAACP
New York
Mamie Bradley
H. C. Strider
Tallahatchie County
Tuskegee, Ala
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee
George W. Lee
Lamar D. Smith
United States
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General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Peronista
Tucuman
Preronistas
Glenn Engle
Chrysler Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Texas
Ing
Spencer Davis
Okinawa
Ryukyu and
Bonin Islands
China
Sugamo
State Department
U.S. Clemency and Parole Board
Ike
Arafa
Red Cross Sky
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